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+pipeline {
+    agent any
+
+    environment {
+        // Automatically detect registry and image name based on repo
+        REGISTRY = "myharbor.local:80"
+        APP_NAME = "eCommerce-backend" // Change this per repo (backend, web, admin)
+        IMAGE_TAG = "${REGISTRY}/library/${APP_NAME}:${env.BRANCH_NAME}-${env.BUILD_NUMBER}"
+        NAMESPACE = "ecommerce"
+    }
+
+    stages {
+        stage('Checkout') {
+            steps {
+                checkout scm
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Build Image') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    // Build the Docker image locally
+                    sh "docker build -t ${IMAGE_TAG} ."
+                    // Also tag as latest for easy local reference
+                    sh "docker tag ${IMAGE_TAG} ${APP_NAME}:latest"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Push to Harbor') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    // Log in and push (uses the port 80 bypass we set up)
+                    withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'harbor-creds', passwordVariable: 'PASS', usernameVariable: 'USER')]) {
+                        sh "docker login ${REGISTRY} -u ${USER} -p ${PASS}"
+                        sh "docker push ${IMAGE_TAG}"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Inject to K8s Cache') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    // Since we are bypassing Harbor pull in K8s for now:
+                    // Export from Docker and Import to Containerd k8s namespace
+                    sh "docker save ${IMAGE_TAG} | sudo ctr -n k8s.io images import -"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Deploy to K8s') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'k8s-config', variable: 'KUBECONFIG')]) {
+                        // Update the deployment image
+                        // We use --patch to update the image without needing the full YAML
+                        sh """
+                        kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} patch deployment ${APP_NAME} -n ${NAMESPACE} --patch \
+                        '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"containers": [{"name": "${APP_NAME}", "image": "${IMAGE_TAG}", "imagePullPolicy": "Never"}]}}}}'
+                        """
+                        
+                        // Verify deployment
+                        sh "kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} rollout status deployment/${APP_NAME} -n ${NAMESPACE}"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    post {
+        always {
+            // Clean up old images to save disk space
+            sh "docker rmi ${IMAGE_TAG} || true"
+        }
+    }
+}
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